Department of Religious Studies

Knowing the Will of God in the Islamic tradition is one of its most important theological and legal issues. How is it that Muslims know what God wants them to do? What are the implications of getting it wrong? And, what happens if you get it right? The course will examine issues such as 1) the nature and scope of revelation, 2) the nature of good and evil, and 3) free will vs. predestination. The course will also explore Muslim views of creation, cosmology (the nature of God, angels, jinn, demons, and Satan, life after death, especially the issue of martyrdom), and eschatology (the end times).